Improvement of Heart Failure with Empagliflozin in a Patient with Diabetes Mellitus and Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

A 54-year-old man with diabetes mellitus and ischemic cardiomyopathy due to old myocardial infarction of triple vessel disease admitted to our hospital because of worsening heart failure (HF). Although he was previously treated with coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in addition to optimal medical therapy, he was non-responder of CRT and had experienced repetitive HF hospitalizations. Infusion of catecholamine transiently improved his HF condition, which did not last after tapering of the treatment.

Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - September 20, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Makoto Nakano, Yuhi Hasebe, Yoshitaka Kimura, Kyoshiro Fukasawa, Takahiko Chiba, Keita Miki, Susumu Morosawa, Hiroaki Shimokawa Source Type: research